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A Decade of Automating the Boring Stuff With Python

3/21/2025

The Real Python Podcast

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What goes into updating one of the most popular books about working with Python? After a decade of changes in the Python landscape, what projects, libraries, and skills are relevant to an office worker? This week on the show, we speak with previous guest Al Sweigart about the third edition of "Automate the Boring Stuff With Python."

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